Bargain guide, week beginning January 11th

Hostess, a company that shipped 36,000,000 Twinkies last year (not including other items) and had sales in excess of two billion dollars, has just declared bankruptcy.

Per Fooducate, Kellogg's is introducing a new breakfast cereal, “Krave”. It's little hollow things with chocolate filling and possibly the most unappetizing ingredient list I've ever seen: “Chocolate Flavored Filling (sugar, soybean oil, skim milk, cocoa, chocolate, soy lecithin, palm oil, vanilla extract), sugar, whole grain oat flour, whole wheat flour, rice flour, oat fiber, corn bran, contains 2% or less of: brown sugar syrup, salt, palm oil, artificial flavor, mixed tocopherols for freshness, beta carotene for color, annatto color, BHT for freshness.” Notice how “sugar” gets billed twice?

All the foodblogs are emphasizing the New Year “I resolve to eat healthy” material. Chow.com's front page, for instance, is currently featuring homemade veggie chips (they actually look quite tasty … well, except maybe the kale chips), a warm salad of escarole and mushrooms, healthy-cooking pointers, whole-grain recipes, and “superfoods”. Even Serious Eats is doing bean soup. And Summer Tomato follows up last week's post on exercise with one on healthy snacking and another with the winning title, “How To Eat Healthy Without Being A Buzzkill”.

The calendar, however, is not very big on healthy eating. We've got National Fresh-Squeezed Juice Day on the 15th, and International Hot & Spicy Foods Day the day after, but this week also features Peking Duck Day, Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, Marzipan Day, and Hot Buttered Rum Day. It is, however, still Fat Free Living Month as well as National Slow Cooker Month, National Wheat Bread Month and National Oatmeal Month. And January 15th is also the 93rd anniversary of the Great Boston Molasses Flood.

January 11th: Hot Toddy Day, National Milk Day
January 12th: National Chicken Curry Day, National Marzipan Day
January 13th: National Peach Melba Day
January 14th: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15th: Strawberry Ice-Cream Day, National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day; 1919, Great Boston Molasses Flood
January 16th: National Fig Newton Day, International Hot & Spicy Foods Day
January 17th: Hot Buttered Rum Day
January 18th: Peking Duck Day



Albertson's:

Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, $1.67/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR drums, thighs, leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's cheeses, 8 oz chunk, $1.99
Dannon Activia OR Light & Fit yogurts, 4 pks, 2/$4
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast, $3.88/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli Italian beef/corned beef/ pastrami, $5.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.88
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$3
Hunt's tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$1
Starkist chunk light tuna, 79¢
Splenda, 14 oz OR 200 ct, $5.99
Kashi GoLean breakfast cereal, 14-15 oz boxes, 2/$7
Albertson's frozen strawberries, 16 oz bag or box, 2/$5
Red seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Pinata apples, $1.99/lb
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Cut up apples, 8 oz pkg, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99



Bashas':

Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.69/lb
Beef Black Angus top sirloin steak, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round or crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless,whole in bag, $1.87/lb, cut & wrapped free
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR leg quarters, 67¢/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
General Mills breakfast cereals, 2/$5
Fiber One bars OR Nature Valley granola bars, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 12-15 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $2.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Navel oranges, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, from Chile, $2.77/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.79/lb
Roma or large tomatoes, 77¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Spinach, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Organic cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Organic Roma tomtoes, 1.1 lb pkg, $2.99



Food City:

Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $2.17/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 67¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 5/99¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢



Fry's:

Beef New York strip steak or roast, bone in, vamily pack, 50% off
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin or “flat iron” steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Spiral sliced OR half hams, 99¢/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 50% off
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Challenge butter, 50% off
Kroger chunk light tuna, 68¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 50% off
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 50% off
Kroger tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 5/$1
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, 4/$5
Nature Valley granola bars, 6-12 ct, $2.99
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 6-28 oz pkgs, 50% off
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$3
Red cherries, $2.49/lb
Blood oranges OR Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea
Cantaloupe, $1.99/lb
Organic Ambrosia apples, $1.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea



Safeway:

Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99
Open Nature whole chickens, $1.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12 oz boxes OR Special K bars, 6 ct, $2.49
Ragu OR Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$4
Nature Sweet cherry or “Sunburst” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5



Smart & Final:

First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.89/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99 – buy 6 and get 1 Skinny Cow free!
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢



Sprouts:

Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, links or bulk, $2.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Turkey tenders OR ground turkey breast, $3.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, 750 ml (24 oz) bottle, $6.99
PopChips, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.69
Apples, Braeburn/Gala/Fuji, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb box, $2.99
Organic Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 99¢
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Grey or Italian squash, 99¢/lb